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Two stories of young Black women run parallel--one with the backdrop of the urgent activism of the 1970s, the other with the rhythm of today's unapologetic Hip Hop Generation--as they gain strength in themselves and their communities, protect their incarcerated loved ones, and battle for justice.
To survive in the City of Sin, an innocent girl must choose her new identity in this dark YA fantasy—the sequel to Ace of Shades. Indulge your vices in the City of Sin, where a sinister street war is brewing and fame is the deadliest killer of them all. Prim and proper Enne Salta never expected to team up with an infamous con man like Levi Glaiyser. But winning the Shadow Game was not the victory they imagined. Now the duo are wanted for murder and Enne is forced to live in disguise as Séance, a mysterious figure of the underworld. Desperate to build his empire, Levi makes a deal with the estranged son of Mafia donna Vianca Augustine, while Enna remains trapped by Vianca’s binding oath, unsure whether to embrace the role of refined lady or cunning street lord. As they walk a path of unimaginable wealth, a dangerous game of crime and politics swirls around them. And when unforeseen players enter, they must each make an impossible choice: sacrifice everything . . . Or die as legends.
Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to support her as she surfed the crowd (and slept on their couches while touring). And when she left her record label to strike out on her own, she asked her fans to support her in making an album, leading to the world's most successful music Kickstarter. Even while Amanda is both celebrated and attacked for her fearlessness in asking for help, she finds that there are important things she cannot ask for-a...
A teenage girl goes searching for her mother in the City of Sin in this YA fantasy from the New York Times–bestselling coauthor of All of Us Villains. Welcome to New Reynes, the so-called City of Sin, where casino families reign, gangs infest the streets . . . and secrets hide in every shadow. It’s no place for a properly raised young lady. But when her mother goes missing, Enne Salta leaves her finishing school—and her reputation—behind. Following her mother’s trail, she finds herself in the city where no one survives uncorrupted. Frightened and alone, Enne’s only clue leads her to Levi Glaiyser—a street lord and con man in desperate need of the compensation Enne offers. Their search sends this unlikely duo through glamorous casinos, illicit cabarets, and into the clutches of a ruthless Mafia donna. But as Levi’s enemies close in on them, a deadly secret from Enne’s past comes to light and she must surrender herself to the City of Sin —to a vicious game of execution . . . Where the players never win.
Tiara Johnson is on top of the world. Talented, driven, and popular, she's just led the Boston Middle School track team to victory. But when Tiara's parents announce that they're relocating to Washington, DC, Tiara's world -- and her place in it -- turns upside down. Instead of going to high school in the fall with her friends, Tiara will be transferring to Skidmore Prep, a very elite institution in DC where most of the students have known each other since pre-k. Determined to find a place for herself in her new environment, Tiara begins to make friends and earns a coveted spot on the Skidmore tennis team. Not everyone, however, is pleased with Tiara's arrival. Alicia Blackstone takes her insecurities out on Tiara when Tiara outperforms her on the tennis courts. With the help of her cronies, Alicia launches a campaign of bullying and rumor mongering. Can Tiara stop Alicia's clique from destroying the next four years of her life?
A practical look at how play therapy can promote mental health wellness in children and adolescents Revised and expanded, The Therapeutic Powers of Play, Second Edition explores the powerful effects that play therapy has on different areas within a child or adolescent's life: communication, emotion regulation, relationship enhancement, and personal strengths. Editors Charles Schaefer and Athena Drewes—renowned experts in the field of play therapy—discuss the different interventions and components of treatment that can move clients to change. Leading play therapists contributed to this volume, supplying a wide repertoire of practical techniques and applications in each chapter for use in clinical practice, including: Direct teaching Indirect teaching Self-expression Relationship enhancement Attachment formation Catharsis Stress inoculation Creative problem solving Self-esteem Filled with clinical case vignettes from various theoretical viewpoints, the second edition is an invaluable resource for play and child therapists of all levels of experience and theoretical orientations.
Nicholas and Judith Goodison’s remarkable gift to the Fitzwilliam Museum of contemporary ceramics, glass, furniture, woodwork, metalwork and jewellery, which they have built up over the last two decades, now numbers over 120 objects. It includes outstanding work by Martin Smith, Philip Eglin, Anna Dickinson, David Reekie, Alan Peters, David Poston, and Adam Paxon. The last purchase listed is a magnificent pair of chairs commissioned from John Makepeace and delivered in 2015. The purpose of the collection has been to introduce to the Museum some of the outstanding work being created by British designers and craftspeople today, thus complementing the Museum’s historic collections and refle...
Someone murdered Brian's girfriend, Amanda. The police think it was her father. Brian isn t so sure. But everyone he knows is telling him to move on, get over it, focus on the present. Focus on basketball. Focus on hitting the perfect shot. Brian hopes that the system will work for Amanda and her father. An innocent man couldn t be wrongly convicted, could he? But then Brian does a school project on Leo Frank, a Jewish man lynched decades ago for the murder of a teenage girl a murder he didn t commit. Worse still, Brian s teammate Julius gets arrested for nothing more than being a black kid in the wrong place at the wrong time. Brian can t deny any longer that the system is flawed. As Amanda s father goes on trial, Brian admits to himself that he knows something that could break the case. But if he comes forward, will the real killer try for another perfect show this time against Brian?
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Experience the gripping techno-thriller series The Shortcake Trilogy, now available as a single collection! From Shortcake (Book 01): A genetically engineered child with no memory of her past. A killer with dreams of destruction. And the fate of a city hanging in the balance… Enter a captivating world where science fiction and thrilling suspense converge. After plummeting from the roof of Helix Unbound, Amanda awakens to a life devoid of memories. Desperately longing to fit in, yet sensing she harbors an extraordinary secret beneath her seemingly ordinary facade, Amanda explores the unfamiliar world in an effort to find herself. And when a companion from her forgotten past becomes entangle...